Queens County
"Road of Tomorrow" [Map] Lost Concrete stringer bridge over 1939 New York World's Fair on Ford's 1939 New York World's Fair Exhibit
Removed
Built 1939
130th Street Overpass [Map · Street View]
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Belt Parkway (NY 907D) on 130th Street
Open to traffic
Built 1941; rehabilitated 2000
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Belt Parkway (NY 907D) on 130th Street
Open to traffic
Built 1941; rehabilitated 2000
225th Street Overpass [Map · Street View]
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Belt Parkway (NY 907D) on 225th Street
Open to traffic
Built 1940; rehabilitated 1986
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Belt Parkway (NY 907D) on 225th Street
Open to traffic
Built 1940; rehabilitated 1986
Amtrak - 31st Street Bridge [Map · Street View] Concrete arch bridge over 31st Street and BMT Subway on Amtrak and CSX
Open to traffic
Built 1915
Amtrak - 35th Street Bridge [Map · Street View] Warren deck truss with no verticals bridge over 35th Street and 23rd Avenue on Amtrak and CSX
Open to traffic
Built 1916
Amtrak - Astoria Boulevard/I-278 Bridge [Map · Street View] Warren deck truss with no verticals bridge over Astoria Boulevard/I-278 on Amtrak/CSX RR
Open to traffic
Built 1915
Amtrak - Northern Blvd and Broadway Overpass [Map] Concrete rigid frame bridge over Northern Blvd and Broadway, in Woodside, Queens on Amtrak
Deteriorating reinforced concrete
Borden Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View] Retractable bridge over Dutch Kills on Borden Avenue in New York
Open to traffic
Built 1908; rehabilitated 1988; major repairs 2009-2010
Boulder Bridge [Map] Stone arch bridge over ditch on Park road
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1901; rehabilitated in 2017
Bronx Whitestone Bridge [Map · Street View] Suspension bridge over East River on I-678 in New York
Open to six lanes of traffic
Opened to traffic April 29, 1939.
Cohancy Street Overpass [Map · Street View]
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Belt Parkway (NY 907D) on Cohancy Street
Open to traffic
Built 1941
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Belt Parkway (NY 907D) on Cohancy Street
Open to traffic
Built 1941
Cooper Ave Overpass [Map] Bridge over Cooper Ave on 71st Ave
Open to traffic
Built by McClintic-Marshall Co.
Cross Bay Boulevard Bridge [Map] Deck plate girder bridge over Jamaica Bay on Cross Bay Boulevard
Replaced by a new bridge
Replaced 1967
CSX - 31st Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Concrete arch bridge over 31st Avenue on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1916
CSX - 32nd Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Concrete arch bridge over 32nd Avenue on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1916
CSX - 43rd Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View] Concrete arch bridge over CSX Railroad on 43rd Avenue in New York
Open to traffic
Built 1918
CSX - 44th Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View] Concrete arch bridge over CSX Railroad on 44th Avenue in New York
Open to traffic
Built 1916
CSX - Calamus Ave Overpass [Map] Pony/through plate girder bridge over Calamus Ave on CSX freight
Open to traffic
CSX - Fresh Pond Bridge [Map] Through truss bridge over LI Montauk Branch on CSX Fremont Branch
Open to traffic
CSX - Queens Boulevard Overpass [Map · Street View] Concrete arch bridge over NY 25 on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1916
CSX - Woodside Avenue Bridge [Map] Concrete arch bridge over CSX Railroad on Woodside Avenue in New York
Open to traffic
Built 1916
Farmers Blvd. Overpass [Map · Street View]
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Belt Parkway (NY 907D) on Farmers Boulevard
Open to traffic
Built 1940; rehabilitated 1994
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Belt Parkway (NY 907D) on Farmers Boulevard
Open to traffic
Built 1940; rehabilitated 1994
Flushing Creek Bridge (Old) [Map] Lost Through truss bridge over Flushing Creek on Northern Boulevard
Replaced by a new bridge in 1906
Built 1880
Flushing Creek Bridge (Older) [Map] Lost Queenpost through truss swing bridge over Flushing Creek on Northern Boulevard
Replaced by a new bridge in 1880s
Built 1866
Forest Park Drive over Long Island Railroad [Map] Steel stringer bridge over Long Island-Montauk Br on Forest Park Drive
Open to traffic
Built 1896; rehabilitated 1926
Forest Park Drive over Long Island Railroad Rockaway Branch [Map] Girder bridge over abandoned Long Island RR on Forest Park Drive
Open to traffic
Built 1920
Forest Park Drive over Myrtle Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View] Girder bridge over Myrtle Avenue on Forest Park Drive
Open to traffic
Built 1920
Francis Lewis Blvd. Bridge [Map · Street View]
Concrete arch bridge over a park road on Francis Lewis Blvd. in Cunningham Park
Open to traffic
Built 1949
Concrete arch bridge over a park road on Francis Lewis Blvd. in Cunningham Park
Open to traffic
Built 1949
Grand Ave Overpass [Map] Pony/through plate girder bridge over Grand Avenue on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic
Grand Street Bridge [Map · Street View] Swing bridge over Newtown Creek on Grand Street in New York
Open to traffic
Built 1901; rehabilitated 1973
Greenpoint Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View] Girder bridge over Newtown Creek on Greenpoint Avenue
Open to traffic
Built 1988
Greenpoint Avenue Bridge (Old) [Map] Lost Through truss bridge over Newtown Creek on Greenpoint Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1900; Burned down in the Locust Hill Oil Refinery disaster 1919
Hell Gate Bridge [Map · Street View] Steel through arch bridge over Hell Gate (East River)
Open to traffic
Originally the world's longest steel arch bridge until the Bayonne Bridge was opened in 1932
Hillside Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View] Deck arch bridge over Cross Island Parkway on Hillside Ave Rte 25B
Open to traffic
Built 1939; rehabilitated 1984
Hollis Court Boulevard Bridge [Map] Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Hollis Court Boulevard on Grand Central Parkway
Removed but not replaced
Hunters Point Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View] Bascule bridge over Dutch Kills Creek on Hunters Point Avenue in New York
Open to traffic
Built 1910; rehabilitated 1981
Hunters Point Avenue Bridge (Old) [Map] Lost Double-intersection Warren through truss bridge over Dutch Kills on Hunters Point Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1867; demolished 1907; replaced 1910
I495 - Long Island Expressway Viaduct / Bridge over Dutch Kill and city streets [Map] Deck plate girder bridge on Interstate 495 (LIE)
Jackson Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View] Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Flushing Creek on Highway 25A
No longer exists
Built 1906
Kosciuszko Bridge (2017) [Map · Street View] Cable-stayed bridge over Newtown Creek on I-278
Open to traffic
Northbound span completed April 2017; Southbound span completed August 2019
Kosciuszko Bridge (Old) [Map · Street View] Lost through truss bridge over Newtown Creek on I-278/BQE in New York
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1940; rehabilitated 1973, replaced by new bridge and demolished 2017
LI - 101st Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Abandoned pony/through plate girder bridge over 101st Avenue on Long Island Railroad Rockaway Branch
Abandoned, Proposed to become a rail-trail corridor
Abandoned in the 1950s after a fire damaged a bridge over Jamaica Bay.
LI - 103rd Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Abandoned beam bridge over 103rd Avenue on Long Island Railroad Rockaway Branch
Abandoned, Proposed to become a rail-trail corridor
Abandoned in the 1950s after a fire damaged a bridge over Jamaica Bay.
LI - 50th Ave Overpass [Map · Street View] Steel stringer bridge over 50th Ave on Long Island Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1908
LI - 51st Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Steel stringer bridge over 51st Avenue on Long Island Railroad Montauk Cutoff
Open to traffic; Abandonment petitioned for.
LI - 65th St Bridge (4-track) [Map] 4-track railroad bridge over 65th St on Long Island Railroad
Open to traffic
Built/Rehabilitated 2015
LI - 97th Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Abandoned pony/through plate girder bridge over 97th Avenue on Long Island Railroad Rockaway Branch
Abandoned, Proposed to become a rail-trail corridor
LI - Atlantic Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Abandoned pony/through plate girder bridge over Atlantic Avenue on Long Island Railroad Rockaway Branch
Abandoned, Proposed to become a rail-trail corridor
Built 1940
LI - Beach Channel Drawbridge [Map] Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Beach Channel on Long Island Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1892; Replaced 1956 when converted to IND Subway Line
LI - Borden Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Girder bridge over Borden Avenue on Long Island Railroad Montauk Cutoff
Open to traffic; Abandonment petitioned for.
Built 1909
LI - Broad Channel Bridge [Map] Through truss bridge over Jamaica Bay on Long Island Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1880; Replaced 1956 when line beame IND Subway
LI - Cabin M Bridge [Map · Street View] Deck plate girder bridge over Dutch Kills Creek on Long Island Railroad
Open to traffic; Abandonment petitioned for.
Built 1910
LI - Continental Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Girder bridge over Continental Avenue on Long Island Railroad
Open to traffic
LI - Cooper Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Pony/through girder bridge over Cooper Avenue on Long Island Railroad Bay Ridge Branch
Open to traffic
LI - Cypress Ave Overpass [Map · Street View] Pony/through girder bridge over Cypress Ave on Long Island Railroad/CSX
Open to traffic
LI - DB/BLISS Drawbridge [Map · Street View] Pratt through truss bridge over Dutch Kills Creek on Long Island Railroad
Open to traffic
Built 1893;
LI - Douglaston Draw [Map] Deck plate girder bridge over Alley Creek on Long Island Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1923; Replaced in the 1990s.
LI - Fleet St Overpass [Map · Street View] Pony/through girder bridge over Fleet St on abandoned Long Island Railroad Branch line; future QueensWay Rail Trail
Intact but closed to all traffic
Built 1908
LI - Flushing Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View] Pony/through girder bridge over Flushing Avenue on Long Island Railroad Bushwick Branch
Open to traffic
LI - Hillside Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Deck plate girder bridge over Hillside Avenue on Long Island Railroad Montauk Branch
Open to traffic
Built 1913
LI - Hunterspoint Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Steel stringer bridge over Hunterspoint Avenue on Long Island Railroad Montauk Cutoff
Open to traffic; Abandonment petitioned for.
Built 1908
LI - Jackie Robinson Parkway Overpass [Map · Street View] Pony/through girder bridge over Jackie Robinson Parkway on Long Island Railroad
Open
LI - Jamaica Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Abandoned pony/through plate girder bridge over Jamaica Avenue on Long Island Railroad Rockaway Branch
Abandoned
Built 1913
LI - Liberty Ave Overpass [Map · Street View] Pony plate girder bridge on Long Island Railroad Branch line over Liberty Ave
Derelict/abandoned
LI - Main Street Bridge [Map · Street View] Deck plate girder bridge over Main Street on Long Island Railroad Port Washington Branch
Open to traffic
Built 1913
LI - Metropolitan Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Abandoned pony/through plate girder bridge over Metropolitan Avenue on Long Island Railroad
Abandoned, Proposed to become a rail-trail corridor
Built 1909
LI - Montauk Cutoff Viaduct / Skillman Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Steel stringer bridge over Skillman Avenue on Long Island Railroad
Open to traffic; Abandonment petitioned for.
Built 1908
LI - Seneca Ave Overpass [Map · Street View] Pony/through plate girder bridge over Seneca Ave on Long Island Railroad/NY & Atlantic Railroad
Open to traffic
LI - Sunnyside Duckunder [Map] Slab bridge over Amtrak on Long Island Railroad
Open to traffic
Built ca. 1910
LI - Union Turnpike Overpass [Map · Street View] Pony/through plate girder bridge over Union Turnpike on Long Island Railroad Montauk Branch
Open to traffic
Built 1933
LI - Union Turnpike Overpass (E) [Map · Street View] Abandoned pony/through plate girder bridge over Union Turnpike on Long Island Railroad Rockaway Branch
Abandoned, Proposed to become a rail-trail corridor
Built 1936
LI - Union Turnpike Overpass (W) [Map · Street View] Abandoned pony/through plate girder bridge over Union Turnpike on Long Island Railroad Rockaway Branch
Abandoned, Proposed to become a rail-trail corridor
Built 1936
LI - Yellowstone Boulevard Overpass [Map · Street View] Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Yellowstone Boulevard on Long Island Railroad
Abandoned, Proposed to become a rail-trail corridor
LI/Amtrak - Queens Boulevard Overpass [Map · Street View] Pony/through plate girder bridge over Queens Boulevard on Long Island Railroad and Amtrak
Open to traffic
Built 1915
LIRR - 65th St Overpass [Map · Street View] Deck plate girder bridge over 65th St on Long Island Railroad
Intact but closed to all traffic
Built 1916
Long Island Motor Parkway 73rd Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View] Bridge over 73rd Avenue on Long Island Motor Parkway
Open to pedestrians only
Built in 1926 for Long Island Motor Parkway; road abandoned 1938, converted to pedestrian path
Long Island Motor Parkway Hollis Hills Bridge [Map · Street View] Bridge over Hollis Hills Terrace on Long Island Motor Parkway
Open to pedestrians only
Built in 1925 for Long Island Motor Parkway; road abandoned 1938, converted to pedestrian path
Long Island Motor Parkway Rocky Hill Road Bridge [Map · Street View] Bridge over Springfield Blvd (formerly Rocky Hill Road) on Long Island Motor Parkway
Open to pedestrians only
Built 1924 for Long Island Motor Parkway; road abandoned 1938, converted to pedestrian path
Manhattan Avenue Bridge [Map] Lost Bridge over Newtown Creek on Manhattan Avenue/Vernon Avenue
Replaced by a new bridge
Built 1882; Replaced 1905
Marine Parkway Bridge [Map · Street View] Vertical-lift through truss bridge over Rockaway Inlet on Marine Parkway in New York
Open to traffic
Built 1936; rehabilitated 2001
Meeker Avenue Bridge [Map] Lost Through truss swing bridge over Newtown Creek on Meeker Avenue
Removed but not replaced; stone abutments remain
Built 1890; Replaced 1939
Northern Boulevard Bridge [Map] Lost deck plate girder bridge over Flushing Creek on Northern Boulevard
Replaced in 1981
Built 1939
NYCTA - Beach Channel Drawbridge [Map · Street View] Warren through truss bridge over Jamaica Bay on New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority
Open to traffic
Built 1956
NYCTA - Broad Channel Drawbridge [Map · Street View] Warren through truss bridge over Broad Channel on New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority
Open to traffic
Built 1956
NYCTA - Greenpoint Tube [Map] Tunnel under Newtown Creek on New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority
Open to traffic
Built 1932
NYCTA - Liberty Avenue-Rockaway Transfer [Map] Deck plate girder bridge over Liberty Avenue, Rockaway Boulevard, 99th & 98th Streets on New York City Transit Authority
Open to traffic
NYCTA - Linden Boulevard Overpass [Map · Street View] Pony/through plate girder bridge over Linden Boulevard on Nycta Rockaway Ln
Open to traffic
Built 1939
NYCTA - Pitkin Ave Overpass [Map · Street View] Pony/through plate girder bridge over Pitkin Ave on NYCTA A train, Rockaway line
Open to traffic
Built 1940 by the Bethlehem Steel Co.
NYCTA - Rockaway Beach Viaduct [Map · Street View] Concrete tee beam bridge over Rockaway Peninsula on New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority
Open to traffic
Built 1941
Porpoise Bridge [Map · Street View] Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Flushing Creek on Meridian Road
Open to traffic
Built 1938
Pulaski Bridge [Map · Street View] Bascule bridge over Newtown Creek on McGuiness Boulevard in New York
Open to traffic
Built 1954; rehabilitated 1995
Queens-Midtown Tunnel [Map · Street View] Tunnel under East River on Interstate 495
Open to traffic
Built 1940
Queensboro Bridge [Map · Street View] Cantilevered through truss bridge over East River on NY 25 in New York
Open to a total of 10 lanes of traffic
Opened to traffic March 30, 1909
Rikers Island Bridge [Map] Steel stringer bridge over East River on Hazen Street
Open to traffic
Built 1966. Site of prison guards' strike blockade 1990. Reconstructed 2007.
Roosevelt Avenue Bridge [Map · Street View] Through truss bridge over Flushing Creek on Roosevelt Avenue
Open to traffic fixed in place
Built 1927
Roosevelt Island Bridge [Map · Street View] Vertical lift bridge over East River at Roosevelt Island in New York
Open to traffic
Built 1955
Shea Bridge [Map] Through truss bridge on walkway in Citi Field/Shea Stadium
Open to pedestrians only
Built into Citi Field/Shea Stadium when it was built from 2006-2009
Springfield Blvd. Overpass [Map · Street View]
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Belt Parkway (NY 907D) on Springfield Blvd
Open to traffic
Built 1940; rehabilitated 2015
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Belt Parkway (NY 907D) on Springfield Blvd
Open to traffic
Built 1940; rehabilitated 2015
Steinway Street Bridge [Map · Street View] Concrete rigid frame bridge over Rte I278 on Steinway Street
Open to traffic
Built 1937
Throgs Neck Bridge [Map] Suspension bridge over East River on I-295 in New York
Open to traffic
Built 1961
Triborough Hell Gate Suspension Bridge [Map · Street View] Suspension bridge over East River (Hell Gate) on I-278 in New York
Open to eight lanes of traffic and one sidewalk
Opened to traffic July 11, 1936
Union Turnpike Bridge [Map · Street View] Concrete arch bridge over Grand Central Parkway on Union Turnpike in New York
Open to traffic
Built 1953
Utopia Parkway Bridge [Map · Street View] Concrete arch bridge over Cross Island Parkway on Utopia Parkway in New York
Open to traffic
Built 1941
Vernon Avenue Bridge [Map] Lost Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Newtown Creek on Vernon Avenue
Replaced by new bridge
Built 1905, removed 1954 upon completion of the Pulaski Bridge to the east
Vernon Boulevard Overpass [Map] Lost through truss bridge over Long Island RR on Vernon Boulevard
Removed
Removed ca. 1980s
Washington/Union Hall/Prospect Street Bridges [Map] Lost Through truss bridges over Long Island Railroad on Washington St/Union Hall/Prospect Street
Replaced by a new bridge
Bridges removed when LIRR tracks elevated in 1930
Whitestone Parkway Bridge [Map] Deck plate girder bascule bridge over Flushing Creek on Whitestone Parkway
Replaced by a new bridge in 1963
Built 1939
Woodhaven Blvd Overpass [Map · Street View] Deck plate girder bridge over Atlantic Ave on Woodhaven Blvd
Open to traffic
Woodside Avenue Overpass [Map · Street View] Steel stringer bridge over Long Island Railroad on Woodside Avenue
Open to traffic
Built 1914
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